Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,318 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William Lambert (1817-1890)
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Jimmie M. Lunceford (1902-1947)
Victoria Spivey
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Victoria Spivey (1906-1976)
Ericka Dunlap, Miss America, 2004, Crowned by Erika Harold, Miss America, 2003
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Ericka Dunlap (1981- )

Explore Global African History

Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther
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Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther (1809-1891)
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Israeli Black Panther Party (1971-1977)
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Gilbert William Lindsay (1900-1990)
50 Cent CD in Russian
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The Afro-Beat in Russia: The Influence of Black Music on Russian Popular Culture, 1890-2002

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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The Quest for Land and Freedom on Canada’s Western Prairies: Black Oklahomans in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-1912
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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